Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-10
Special Bulletin for May.
SIGNAL OFFICE, WAR DEPARTMENT, }
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" ASHlNGION UlI1, June i, 1851
For the month of May, 1887, the average
temperature is very generally above the
normal for ire month OF May The great
est departures above are from to ( in
the Missouri valley; from 3 to 8 in the
upper Mississippi valley; from 20 d IL
the Ohio valley; from > 10 S il MiChi-
gCn; 6 in southern sud western him
uesOta; > to s in Pennsylvania, = in
southeastern New YORK; S IN western
New York; and a. Red Bluff, Cal
The average temperature is below the
normal for Sacramento, Cal, and
Jacksonville, Fla; for Key West, Fla,
and Savannah, Ga; 8 for Brownsville,
Tex; 9 for Olympia, ". T. 1t is nor
NAL for Charleston, s. c.; Mobile, Ala;
New Orleans, La; Galveston, Rio Grande
City, Fort Davis, snd FL PasO, Tex; DU-
Iuth, Miun.; and San Francisco, Cal.
The Giutall for May, 1887, Is generally
below the average Tor the month of May;
from 0 10 l 9 inches in New England;
from 0 10 "a inches in the middle Allan
tic states; from o. to 9 inches over the
interior Of the south Atlantic states; ID
FinChes at Key West, Fla; from ID to 81
inches in western Florida, Alabama,
northern and southern portions of Miss
issippi, and southeast portion of Louis
lana from o. to 81 inches in western
portions OF Tennessee and Kentucky;
from o. to 10 inches IN northwest pOr-
tions Of Pennsylvania and New York;
from 0 0 to % inches in Indiana and
western Ohio; from o. to IL inches in
lower Michigan; from IS to , inches in
the upper Mississippi valley, excepting ct
! ST. Louis; from Q (FOrt Buford, Dak)
to 81 inches Omaha, Neb.) in the Mis-
souri, valley; 5 inch in southwestern
/ Kansas; 2 ( inches in central Nebraska;
from o. TO l inches in northwestern
CJ!0EadO from o. 10 o S inches in
western Texas; from 90 in southern Cal
ifOrnia to 0.G inch at Sacramento, and 0 3
inch at ROseburg, Oregon.
It is above The average in Western
Washington Territory 3 2 inches; "A
inches IN Northwestern Oregon; IA
J inches at Hesna, Mont, and St, Vincent,
! Mimi; . inches at Duluth, Mimi; IL
inches ct Marquette, Mich. from o.
to o. inch in Southern and Eastern
Texas, Northwestern Louisiana, Central
Arkansas and Memphis, Tenn; l.3 i'll
ches at St. Louis, Mo-. 0 . inch at Cleve-
land, Ohio; so inches at P.ttsburg, Pa:
! 0 3 inches ct LynChburg, Va; rom to
/ 20 inches in Eastern Tennessee; Il
inches at Wilmington, n. c.; and 81
| inches at Jacksonville, Fla.
For the spring months March, April
and May the svarage temperature is
very generally above the normal; from
I normal to in the Pacific states; from 3
| to in Utah, Wyoming, and Colorado;
from to in the Missouri Valley;
| from l TO + in the upper and central
Mississippi valleys; from normal to in
the upper lake region and Ohio Valley;
} from l to in Tennessee, Arkansas and
northern portions of Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi and Louisiana; and at
! Lynchburg, Va. 1t is below the normal
from to Z for New England, eastern
and northern New York, the south At /
lantiC coast, and southern and central |.
/ Texas; 8 for Key West, Fla.
The rainfall for the spring months is |
above the average 3 9 inches ct Olympus,
w. T.; 5.S inches at Portland, Oregon; |
O.5 inches at Fort Custer, Mon; from Oh /
to l, 5inches in southwestern Kansas and !
southeastern Colorado; about I o inch in /
extreme southern Texas; l 5 inches at
Duluth, MINI s inches at Marquette,
Mich; 2.9 inches at St. Louis, No; I.3
inches st Cincinnati. Ohio; 2 inches at |
Pitts5urg, Pa; Is inches at Portland, |
Me-; 40 inches g. Jacksonville, Fla. |
Elsewhere it is very generally below the |
average, and varies from 0 3 inches in .
southern California to 0 inches in !
northern California; from 10 to 10
inches in the Missouri valley; from 0 .
to so inches in the upper Mississippi "
valley, except st St. Louis; from 2 TO .
20 in the upper lake region, excepting
along Lake Superior; from OF to
inches along the lower lake region; from
0 6 to so inches in New Epgland, except
ing Portland; from 10 to 0 inches in
the middle Atlantic states: from to
s 0 inches in North and South CarOlina;
from % inches in eastern Texas 10 1910
inches in Alabama and northern Georgia;
from , o to 10 inches in Tennessee and
Arkansas.
The storm-center which on April %
and 80 advanced southeastward Gown the
Missouri Valley, passed northeastwsrd
on May l and over Minnesota into Can
ada, accompanied by rain, high winds, and
gales from Dakota, Nebraska, and Kan
sasIto the upper lakes.
On the TIN quite severe storm reached
the coast of Washington Territory and
northern Oregon and passed to the north
eastward.
A slight depression developed on the
coast OF Georgia on the morning of the
31st, and moved northesstward TO eastern
North Crrolina, preceded by rainy weather
and easterly gales from North Carolina to
New Jersey. A. W. GREEDY,
Chief Signal Officer.